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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic’s wild experiment with a meme coin
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Russian paramilitaries in Central African Republic accused of sexual violence
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Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona is seen only from the head up, blocked mostly by ICC judges standing in the nearground.
Top of The World
Alleged CAR militia leaders reject ICC charges
A reflection from the wing mirror of a car shows people ride motorcycles in Douala.
Justice
As gang violence escalates in Cameroon, residents are ‘not safe anymore’
Fortuné, 16, used to have a spaghetti-and-coffee kiosk in Bangui. But it was dismantled one night. So now he's pinning his dreams on his singing group.
Music
A teenager from the Central African Republic puts his faith in Divine Efficiency
elephants
Global Politics
Report: African wildlife threatened by militia poaching
Fortuné gets up at 4 a.m. to prepare homemade spaghetti, which he starts selling at his stand at 6 a.m.
Development
Fortuné’s big dreams and small spaghetti business
United States commits ground soldiers to battle militia in Uganda
Women carrying fruits and vegetables on their heads walk past a billboard with a photograph of Pope Francis, in Bangui, Central African Republic; November 26, 2015.
Belief
Despite security risks, Pope Francis plans to visit the Central African Republic
Children at school in India.
Development
The world is 4 million teachers short. Here’s how to solve that.
Now
Invisible Children, creators of Kony 2012, say they've learned a lot over the past two years.
Conflict & Justice
The producers of Kony 2012 say they’ve learned their lesson, but critics aren’t so sure
USS Nimitz
Global Scan
Iranians build an American aircraft carrier, sort of
A chilling picture of members of the Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic pretending to behead a comrade. The Anti-Balaka is an extremist Christian group accused of massacring Muslims in the Central African Republic.
Conflict & Justice
The story of this church tells so much about the ethnic cleansing going on in the CAR
Conflict & Justice
Samantha Power has an uneven record on trying to stop genocide around the world
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (L) poses for a photograph with his host, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, at the latter's office in Juba, South Sudan.
Global Politics
Is Sudan saying ‘I told you so’ to South Sudan?
Muslim men organized in militias with machetes rough up a Christian man while checking him for weapons in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic.
Conflict & Justice
A photographer captures the violence in the streets of the Central African Republic
A French military sniper readies his rifle in Bangui.
Conflict & Justice
Religion is not the real issue in the Central African Republic’s conflict
Global Scan
Mandela brings people together, even in death
Central African Republic
Conflict & Justice
UN peacekeepers are heading into the Central African Republic
Central African Republic
Conflict & Justice
‘The worst crisis most people have never heard of’ is in the Central African Republic
An ex-Seleka soldier stands guard in Bossangoa, Central African Republic.
Conflict & Justice
France reasserts itself in Africa, with fresh troops to a troubled Central African Republic
Arts, Culture & Media
Outrage Over Soldiers Killed in Central African Republic
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
Global Politics
Bibi Tanga: Son of a Diplomat Grooves with The Selenites
Global Politics
US Military Goes on the Hunt for Joseph Kony
Conflict & Justice
Filmmaker Mads Brugger’s ‘The Ambassador’ and the Story of a Phony Diplomat